slobluesine Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 what are the benefits for my amp running at 2ohms instead of 8? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 [quote name='slobluesine' post='748441' date='Feb 17 2010, 01:53 PM']what are the benefits for my amp running at 2ohms instead of 8?[/quote] What amp have you got John? if it's a valve amp then there is not a problem if the output transformer has a 2-ohm tap Solid-state amps are a different matter. Even though manufacturers say they will run at 2-ohm it does put a huge heat load on the output stage. I think the general concensus is that there are no benefits running at 2-ohms, only potential problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumnote Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 If it aint broke........................... Seriously, what are you trying to achieve? On the assumption that you have a tranny amp ? is that you can get extra wattage by runing into a lower impedance speaker doesnt necessarily give you a huge increase in volume. If you read through some of Alex clabers posts there is a limit to how loud a loudspeaker will go after a finite input. Certainly my experience of changing from a single 8ohm to a single 4 ohm cab was disapointing, [as was changing from a 100w to a 200w marshall many years ago. If your amp really does go down to 2 ohm [and there doesnt seem to be many that do] try it and see what you think. The wirings easy enough to do and you can change it back if you want to. If it were me i would buy an additional cab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slobluesine Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 just got myself an EA Double which will run at 2ohms, seems i will only get around 3db more by rewiring the cab, so no real point thx for the replies tho folks, seems ohms law is a load of ole bollox then hey.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 [quote name='slobluesine' post='748628' date='Feb 17 2010, 04:32 PM']... seems ohms law is a load of ole bollox then[/quote] What makes you think that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slobluesine Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 seems its NOT a good idea to run an amp at 2ohms, so why do they make them to run at 2ohms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 [quote name='slobluesine' post='748687' date='Feb 17 2010, 05:15 PM']seems its NOT a good idea to run an amp at 2ohms, so why do they make them to run at 2ohms?[/quote] Where did you see that the EA Doubler runs at 2-ohms? All I can find in the spec is 550-watts @ 4-ohms and 310-watts @ 8-ohms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slobluesine Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Mike Dimin, head of marketing for EA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 [quote name='slobluesine' post='748718' date='Feb 17 2010, 05:36 PM']Mike Dimin, head of marketing for EA[/quote] Well they don't publish the fact and I never believe a Marketing Department, I've worked in one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slobluesine Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 nuff said... Doubler and Schroeder sound great and more than loud enough, i was just curious and thinkin... 1Kw from a 2lb amp, oh well..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Balsamic Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 What's wrong with Ohm's law? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slobluesine Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 nothings wrong with Ohms law balsamic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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